Friday, October 16, 2009

New Flourishes: The Holly & The Ivy

The folks over at Flourishes have done it again! With every new release, I'm more and more amazed at the beauty of the artwork. Did you know Stamper's Dream carries Flourishes stamps now? Tonight's project uses a brand-new Flourishes set called The Holly & The Ivy. I stamped the main image from the set onto watercolor paper, and, get this, I watercolored! I used to watercolor all the time, but those were the B.C. days (before Copics). I took Jerri Jimenez's Tombow Marker class at CHA in January, and now currently, I'm taking Kim Teasdale's Watercoloring with Tombow Markers class via My Creative Classroom. Can those two ladies color or what?! I have to say, so far, I'm loving my Tombows, and I expect you'll be seeing a lot more watercoloring from me in the near future.

I'm giving you an early peek at Jen's Sketch For You To Try, too, which Jen will officially post on her blog tomorrow (Saturday) morning. If you're brave, you could start your own sketch card based on what you see here, but I'll warn you, there's a small bit of "interpretation" going on, so you might want to wait {grin}. Tomorrow (again, that's Saturday), be sure to have a look at the sketch team's creations: Amy Rohl, Kelly Lunceford, Leigh O'Brien, and Susan Liles. To play along, just link to your creation in a comment on Jen's SFYTT post and if you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: SFYTT.

Last, here's a look at the finished inside, where I included the greeting:

OH MY OH MY!!!! Amy you've done it again - this card is absolutely STUNNING!!! I colour with tombows and SU markers (and blender pen) all the time, but mine don't turn out this well!!! Darn, I wish I could take one of those classes!!! LOVE that new Flourishes set and that FAB ribbon treatment!!!!

This is just a beautiful card! I really love the softness of watercolouring (that being said, I LOVE my Copics too, lol!!). I think all colouring mediums are effective in different images, and this set suits the Tombows wonderfully! I am excited to see your card as I won this set in the Fourishes give-away this week!! I really can't wait to play with it...hurry up postman!

I don't know if my comment worked the first time or not, but I'll say it again -- love the gingham ribbon and argyle pp together, and the button trio is just perfect! And, BTW--your image is peacefully perfect!

Such an elegant creation. Dee Dee said you had some awesome crafts and she's right. Your blog is filled with some beautiful crafts all colored so wonderfully with fantastic embellishments that make each card individually delightful.